Drop extern (C++)

[Robert Clipsham]

On 12/05/10 13:50, BLS wrote:
> Hi,
> I think nearly nobody is using extern (C++) 'cause of it's limits. So
> why not drop it ? IMHO this feature is not a " D2 sales argument",
> instead it's vs. productive.
> What do you think ?
> Bjoern
>

It should be possible to implement extern(C++) using ctfe/string mixins, 
as all that needs doing is the name mangling. This is something tools 
does, allowing you to have the equivalent in D1 [1].

Add to this C++ name mangling doesn't work a lot of the time on 
linux[2]. I think it's definitely possible to replace it with something 
in std, possibly based on the code from tools. If it's dropped it does 
mean a chunk of ddmd will need rewriting, I don't see this as too much 
of an issue though.

[1] http://dsource.org/projects/scrapple/browser/trunk/tools/tools/cpp.d
[2] http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4059